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Chapter 7: Get Started Building Your Site
With a site building tool and an outline in hand, you re ready to start building. In this
chapter you ll learn more about using Yahoo! tools to build your site.
Yahoo! SiteBuilder
About SiteBuilder
Yahoo! SiteBuilder is a free, full featured web page building program that is fast and easy to
use. Because Yahoo! SiteBuilder is a downloadable application, you can use it even when
you re offline. And Yahoo! SiteBuilder permits drag and drop page editing, so no
programming knowledge is required.
Among other features, Yahoo! SiteBuilder includes:
1.
Hundreds of fully customizable business quality templates, so you can quickly and
easily establish a professional web presence.
2.
Yahoo! s Site Creation Wizard, which leads you step by step through the site building
process convenient for both beginning and advanced users.
3.
A file manager to help keep all of your pages, files, and site assets organized and
accessible.
4.
An advanced site navigation builder, so you can easily create a professional looking
navigation bar for use throughout your web site.
5.
An easy way to embed multimedia files in your web site for a more compelling
presentation.
6.
A thumbnail image creator, which lets you create smaller, optimized versions of your
images with one mouse click. This can be a real time saver if your site includes a
catalog or portfolio!
7.
Clip art, photos, backgrounds, and interactive add ons you can use to enhance your
web site.
Installing SiteBuilder
Before installing Yahoo! SiteBuilder, make sure your computer meets all the
system requirements. Yahoo! SiteBuilder is currently compatible only with
Windows operating systems meeting these system requirements:
System Requirements
Recommended Minimum
OS Windows
ME/XP/2000
Windows
98
Processor
1GHz Pentium III
400MHz Pentium II
Memory
128MB Memory
64MB Memory
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